“Talk about suspect
timing. At a time when all our efforts & attention should be focused on the
#COVID outbreak the government slips in a new domicile law for J&K. Insult
is heaped on injury when we see the law offers none of the protections that had
been promised,” Omar wrote on Twitter.

Without naming
anyone, Abdullah said the domicile law had forced even new political parties
“created by Delhi’s blessings” to criticise the law.

“ You can imagine
how hollow the domicile law is from the fact that even the new party created
with Delhi’s blessings, whose leaders were lobbying in Delhi for this law, have
been forced to criticise the #JKdomicilelaw,”. Omar wrote in another
tweet.

Omar’s response
comes after Government of India spelled out the domicile laws for Union
Territory of Jammu and Kashmir which says a person who has resided in Jammu and
Kashmir for a period of 15 years or has studied for a period of seven
years and appeared in Class 10th and 12th examination in a school
within the region shall be deemed to be the domiciles of Jammu and Kashmir now on. It also includes the children of
the central government officials, who have served in Jammu and Kashmir for
a period of ten years.

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